1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
COMMENTARY: The process of "filling" and "forming" is now finished (cf. 1:1). Host of them refers to all the things that God created, as opposed to stars in Nehemiah 9:6 and angels in I Kings 22:19. He rested employs the root for "sabbath" that later relates to Israel in Exodus 16:29; 20:10. 11; and Deuteronomy 5:15. It implies He ceased or desisted from His creating work. No weariness is suggested. John 5:1 indicates the Father is always at work. Sanctified: That is, He set it apart from the other days (Ex. 20:11).
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